Modi's 9 new ministers: This is how they reacted
Lok Sabha MP Gajendra Singh Shekhawat thanked PM Modi for trusting him with such a responsibility.
Nine
new
ministers
are
likely
to
be
inducted
into
the
Union
Council
of
Ministers
today.
The
new
faces
include
BJP
MPs
Ashwini
Kumar
Choubey
(Bihar),
Virendra
Kumar
(Madhya
Pradesh)
and
Shiv
Pratap
Shukla
(Uttar
Pradesh).
The others are Anant Kumar Hegde, Raj Kumar Singh, Hardeep Puri, Gajendra Singh Shekhawat, Satyapal Singh and Alphons Kannanthanam. The swearing-in ceremony will take place at 10 am Sunday morning, when President Ram Nath Kovind will administer oath of office at the Rashtrapati Bhawan.
It
is
however
unclear
which
of
these
ministers
will
be
give
Cabinet
berths.
Ex-Mumbai
Police
chief
Satyapal
Singh
said,
"I
have
not
been
officially
informed,
but
whatever
is
party
and
PM's
decision
I
am
ready
for
it."
Lok
Sabha
MP
Virendra
Kumar,
meanwhile,
expressed
his
gratitude
towards
PM
Modi
and
BJP
chief
Amit
Shah
and
said
he
has
always
fulfilled
responsibilities
bestowed
upon
him
by
the
party
leadership.
Lok Sabha MP Gajendra Singh Shekhawat thanked PM Modi for trusting him with such a responsibility. "It's a chance to work for country," said Gajendra.
Meanwhile, Ashwini Kumar Chaubey, Lok Sabha MP from Buxar who is all set to join Modi's cabinet, vowed to uphold the trust of the Prime Minister in his new role. The MP told news agency ANI, "PM Modi ne bharosa jataya hai uss par khare utarne ka prayaas karunga. (PM Modi has shown trust in me and I will try to fillful and maintain his trust)."
Shiv Pratap Shukla, another likely MP to be inducted in the Cabinet maintained that he will believe the information to be true only when he gets it from official source.
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